powerpc NETINST 20190124-23:05 "No installable kernel was found" installing on Mac mini G4

2019-01-26 Thread Rick Thomas
So I dug out an old Mac mini G4 and attempted to install the “powerpc NETINST 20190124-23:05” CD on it. I accepted all the defaults (no “expert” mode) until it came up with the error “No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources”. This occurred before it went looking for a

Re: Error Installing from PowerPC CD (was Re: Updated installation images 2019-01-21)

2019-01-26 Thread Finn Thain
On Sun, 27 Jan 2019, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > The last discussion we had was: > > Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:30:56 +1100 (AEDT) > From: Finn Thain > To: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > Subject: Re: Booting 3.16 on a Powerbook 3400 with CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT > > where I tested on a PB3400c

Re: Error Installing from PowerPC CD (was Re: Updated installation images 2019-01-21)

2019-01-26 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 1/26/19 11:09 PM, Finn Thain wrote: > Users probably fall into that trap due to incorrect mirrors listed on > the project website, https://www.ports.debian.org/ Well, it could be nice if someone would have reported that earlier :|. Aurelien can fix that, I think. I let him know. >> My last

Re: Error Installing from PowerPC CD (was Re: Updated installation images 2019-01-21)

2019-01-26 Thread Finn Thain
On Sat, 26 Jan 2019, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > The correct mirror is: http://ftp.ports.debian.org > > Directory is: debian-ports/ > > Debian Ports uses different mirrors, you cannot use the standard > mirrors that you are using when installing a normal Debian release. > > A lot of

Re: Error Installing from PowerPC CD (was Re: Updated installation images 2019-01-21)

2019-01-26 Thread userm57
On 1/26/19 3:37 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 1/26/19 4:40 AM, user...@yahoo.com wrote: >> So, here are my results today attempting to install Debian 10/sid: >> >> >> *** 1) Lombard (New World) *** >> >> As expected, the CD booted. The CD drive was detected, and >> everything seemed

Re: Error Installing from PowerPC CD (was Re: Updated installation images 2019-01-21)

2019-01-26 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 1/26/19 4:40 AM, user...@yahoo.com wrote: > So, here are my results today attempting to install Debian 10/sid: > > > *** 1) Lombard (New World) *** > > As expected, the CD booted. The CD drive was detected, and > everything seemed to be working. The base system installed, > except for